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Thursday, 7 April 2011

Reasons to be Cheerful

1: My daughter is coming home for Easter. We'll be picking her up on Sunday from uni and bringing her back to the fold. I love it when my chicks come back to the nest. When Meg is home she has certain demands that have to be met in order to maximize her joy:

We need to make her mashes in various forms...sweet potato, potato, swede and carrot, cheesy mash...Megan has a real thing for mashed carbs, especially when accompanied by a home made mushroom pie.

We have to have a constant stream of chick flicks at the ready for her and Ella to watch. Megan's favourite has to be The Notebook. She loves Noah Calhoun :)

Sky+ has to be set up to record numerous episodes of American series such as The City, The Hills, 90210 etc. The planner drops down to about 3% of space because of her TV lust.

The Notebook...Meg's relationship philosophy!

2: The kids break up for Easter which is simply wonderful. Two weeks without school runs! Two weeks with the company of my girls! Two weeks of lie-ins! Two weeks of having help to entertain Freddy! Love it. The only pity is that Ian still has to go to work! It's both mine and Ella's birthdays over the Easter weekend and my big son Joe is coming to stay. So I will be back to completeness with all five of my children with me!

3: I am over the moon to see my blog jump to #52 this month in the Tots 100. I am going to enjoy my moment of success because I know it may not last. I am not competitive, but I love the feeling that something I am doing is being well received. I try hard and I'm committed, so I am delighted to receive some validation. I know a lot of people are unhappy with this month's rankings which has taken the shine off it a little. But I am still delighted.

Woooooo. (: I canna wait for Megsy to come home. And our birthdays are gonna be wickeeedd. (: Hehe. I read the last one as "I'm going to the moon" and got SO confused...probably should wear my glasses when reading...o.O <3

I know that you are at your happiest when your family are all together - enjoy it because the little ones grow up so quickly. Its great that Megan and Joey will be with their lovely Mum as wel - that has to be the icing on the cake.

Five children! Well done you and the love shines through your post. So lovely to read. I too am looking forward to time without school runs with a bit of a lie in and a bit of rule breaking too.My reasons are at http://gigglingatitall.blogspot.com

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I consider myself very blessed. I am happily married to my childhood sweetheart ... although the path to now has not been exactly linear! I have five amazing children,born in each of the reproductive decades of my life...my teens, 20's, 30's and 40's! I'm fortunate enough to be a stay at home mum and this stay at home status means I'm on hand 24/7 for all the dramas that befall the the clan. My eldest son who is thriving in the workplace and is a daddy for the first time to baby Ted (making me a Grandma!); my eldest daughter who is embarking on amazing new adventures in both her work life and personal life; my guitar playing university student daughter; my punk rock loving teenager and my wonderfully quirky little school boy provide plenty of entertainment to keep me busy. Combine that with my gadget obsessed, vinyl loving husband, and you have life "Inside the Wendy House!"